That ranks it as less important than education (8%) and resolving the deficit (7%), but more important than Europe (4%), pensions (3%) and crime and disorder, which only 2% of those surveyed name as their chief concern.
The Treaty of Lisbon may go some way to resolving the deficit in creating greater democratic controls on the Commission, including enshrining the procedure of linking elections to the selection of the Commission president.
This is the governor's second attempt to resolve this year's deficit.
On Wednesday, France was ordered by the union to either cut taxes or reduce spending to resolve the deficit problem by October.
There will be some difficult issues ahead for Labour to resolve: the deficit reduction path, immigration caps, Trident, a European referendum, the 50p tax rate, making a reality of the localism agenda.
Mr. Rowland, a Republican, had been threatening layoffs for months unless state workers agreed to wage concessions, but many workers said they figured that union negotiators and Democratic lawmakers who control the Legislature would resolve the deficit by other means.
The backbench motion sponsored by six MPs also asks fellow parliamentarians to note the failure of Green to resolve the deficit in the company pension fund over many years and calls on him to fulfil his promise to do so.
If the country experiences a major economic setback as a result of the inability of Congress and the administration to resolve the deficit dilemma, Obama will not emerge with clean hands.
"I will be working with legislative leadership on how we can resolve the deficit if the forecast materializes as expected," Kulongoski wrote.
Waiting until the Legislature convenes in January to resolve this year's deficit, estimated at $500 million, could mean larger cuts in state services and programs down the road, he warned.
